this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. calls for boris johnson's most senior adviser to resign after he's accused of breaking uk lockdown rules. dominic cummings travelled 250 miles to his parents‘ home. downing street say mr cummings believes he behaved "reasonably and legally," but others call for the prime minister to make a statement. he is responsible for his special advisers, he needs to get an explanation and i am surprised that he didn't know at the time. i would have known —— i would have thought he had known at the time and did he sanction this? engine failure was reported shortly before a plane crashed into a residential area of karachi in pakistan.

at least 97 people have died. a two—week quarantine for most people entering the uk, with fines for those who don't self—isolate. a new study says an anti—malarial drug — promoted by the us president to treat covid—i9 — may increase the risk of death among infected patients. us democratic candidatejoe biden apologises for his comments about african americans who choose to vote for president trump. you've got more questions, but i tell you, if you have got a problem figuring out whether you are for me orfor trump, you ain't black. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world.

our top story — prime minister boris johnson's most senior adviser is facing calls to resign after being accused of breaking lockdown rules. dominic cummings travelled hundreds of miles north from london to his parents‘ home in county durham when he had coronavirus symptoms. in the last hour, we've had a statement from a spokesman for 10 downing street. it says, ‘0wing to his wife being infected with suspected coronavirus and the high likelihood that he would himself become unwell, it was essential for dominic cummings to ensure his young child could be properly cared for.‘ it goes on to say, ‘he went to a house near to but separate from his extended family in case their help was needed.‘ and it says, ‘his actions were in line with the coronavirus guidelines. mr cummings believes he acted reasonably and honourably‘. the statement said that at no stage were he or his family spoken to by police about the matter, however a spokesman

for durham constabulary said they were made aware of an individual travelling from london to an address in durham, and that they had made contact with the owner of that address. our correspondentjessica parker has this report. dominic cummings dashing out of number 10 in late march. a few days later, it was confirmed he developed coronavirus symptoms and was self—isolating. now it's emerged that at around that time, he travelled from his london property to his parents‘ home in durham, 250 miles away. there's clearly serious questions that number 10 are going to have to address, not least because of the readiness of the public to follow government guidance more generally, is going to be affected by this sort of story. but i don't want to rush to condemn without hearing the full story. it's prompted calls from opposition parties for the prime minister's chief aide to resign or face the sack. the reality is that borisjohnson's most senior adviser blatantly breached the rules that millions

of people have been trying so hard to keep. it is the case that his position is totally untenable and he needs to resign, or borisjohnson needs to step up to the plate and sack him. labour is demanding a swift explanation from downing street. the explanation from a source close to mr cummings is that the journey was so his parents could help with childcare whilst he and his wife, unwell with covid symptoms, stayed in a separate building. the source denied that mr cummings had broken lockdown rules or that police spoke to him. in a statement, durham constabulary said that officers explained to the family the guidance on self—isolation and essential travel. earlier this month, professor neil ferguson quit his role on the government's scientific advisory committee, sage, after the telegraph reported he had been visited by his married lover during lockdown. dr catherine calderwood resigned as scotland's chief medical officer

last month after making two trips to her second home. jessica parker, bbc news. we have just got a tweet from michael gove. he says that caring for your wife and child is not a crime. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. politics in a moment, but still a lot of confusion about the detail of what happened. there are still to be answered. there is a staunch defence from downing street and there is strong language in the statement. it was essential to make this journey to ensure those young children could be properly cared for, downing street says, and that his actions we re street says, and that his actions were in line with coronavirus guidelines. it says he believes that his behaviour was in line with the guidelines and the questions will be about whether downing street is new

about whether downing street is new about this but there were a few people in downing street knew he wasn't there. those sort of questions are still going to be asked as we go along. something that puzzles me is that when we say downing street says, in this segment this morning, who is that? one of the person we met people in downing street is dominic cummings. yon it is the official word of downing street. who does the official word of downing street? there are official spokesman for the prime minister and this is an official statement on behalf of downing street. we have got interesting... we have got a senior member of the cabinet coming in behind dominic cummings but there are other voices of concern even on tory backbenchers and the tory side of the house. yes,

there has been a lot of activity on there has been a lot of activity on the opposition side about raising concerns about this. on the conservative side we had the former conservative mp david millington who said that the he wanted to look at the detail of this but that there might be questions to be answered. it is going to rumble on for a bit, it won't end here. thank you so much for bringing us up to speed. let's speak to alistair campbell, who have course was a senior speak to alistair campbell, who have course was a senior adviser to tony blair. alistair, what do you make of what we have heard this morning in defence of dominic cummings's actions? i don't think he has a defence and what you are seeing is a prime minister who is... an inability to tell the truth and

interference it will stick in their crore that the interference i apologise, we are going to dial you up again because we are not getting a clear enough line here. we will come back to that. now that turn to karachi, because officials in pakistan are trying to identify the victims of friday's and crash in a residential area of karachi, in which 97 people were killed. the airbus a320 was en route from lahore in the north of the country when it came down near the runway. at least two passengers survived. it's unclear how many people on the ground died. freya cole reports.

bodies of victims side by side, pulled from the rubble in a askew operation that went well into the night. —— in a rescue mission. so many didn't make it. they had little chance when the plane made its final call. the aftermath was catastrophic, billows of black smoke, a signal of the distress and devastation. ambulances are forced to form a line. the wait is long in a health system already under strain. and for relatives outside, the wait feels like forever. translation: we don't have any solid information. we are still hopeful, as it is not yet confirmed that she is dead or alive. we're still waiting. nestled between homes, the wreckage awaits a thorough investigation to determine what went so wrong. freya cole, bbc news.

our correspondent saher baloch gave us the latest from islamabad. so far, from the authorities, they have ordered an enquiry into the plane crash and a four—member committee has been formed which will look into the causes of the crash and will report back within a month, we are told. at the same time, the army has cleared the area where the plane crashed in the area of karachi and around 25 houses have been cleared so far. according to a press release that was carried out by the dg ispr. so far we have heard on the ground that there are a lot of questions being raised about why this incident happened. bia, the national airline, is basically being questioned a lot about the fleet that they have for a long time now. so the pia is being a bit defensive and saying that the plane which crashed yesterday basically became part of its fleet in 2014 and was in very good condition.

whereas cctv footage has surfaced which was basically taken from the rooftop of a resident in the area and clearly shows the plane crash landing into a residential area as well. another audio clip, the same audio clip, is being distributed across the national media at the moment in which the pilot can be very clearly heard saying that there is a problem with the engines and he has lost two engines. it has been said that it is purportedly of the pilot, but the pia has so far not confirmed the audio clip. interestingly, its ceo has said in a statement that the plane did make a distress call and said there was a technical problem before it crash landed in the residential area. the british government is facing more questions over its plans to introduce a 14—day quarantine for people arriving in the uk.

from june 8th, travellers will have to self—isolate for two weeks and could face fines of £1000 if they break the rules. france has said that visitors arriving from the uk will also have to self—isolate for 14 days from the same date. airlines and travel companies are worried it could damage their businesses even further. the uk government says the measures are designed to stop a second wave of coronavirus. a short while ago i spoke to karen dee, the chief executive of the airport operators association, and asked her what she makes of the plans. i think as an industry we understand the government's priority to avoid a second wave and what we are most disappointed about is that they have sided to adopt what we think is a simplistic blanket approach rather than going with something that is more targeted on the level of risk that applies. this will have a really big damaging impact on the aviation sector and all of those sectors of the economy that rely on

us. sectors of the economy that rely on us. so it is essential that we move away from this blanket approach towards something more targeted. and is anyone doing the targeting that you want? is there a model that you would want to govern to follow? there are models out there and other countries are moving towards what we callair countries are moving towards what we call air bridges, and the home secretary himself did refer —— herself did refer to that in her speech. we are keen that the allowa nce we speech. we are keen that the allowance we met government allows us allowance we met government allows us to develop that so that we can begin to open up the aviation sector ina way begin to open up the aviation sector in a way that is safe for passengers and everyone, all of the stack working in the industry. and those air bridges are between countries that might be ideas they are between countries that have a low infection rate at the time so you can feel fairly safe going to and from them. turning to the current rules and the rules we heard about last night and

are coming into force onjune the 8th, that is going to be on any british citizens going abroad for summer british citizens going abroad for summer holidays, i guess? absolutely, because what it is clear that anyone who travels to another country outside of the common travel area will be required to self—isolate for 14 days and so, you know, there are people for whom that will not be too much of a barrier, but unless there are sufficient members of people who wish to fly, it is simply commercially unviable for a talented but on a flight. i think our concern —— an airline to put on a flight. through this virus, we have seen put on a flight. through this virus, we have seen passenger put on a flight. through this virus, we have seen passenger numbers to the uk down by 99%. so really, the only fights coming in at the moment oui’ only fights coming in at the moment our repatriations are freight flights or lifeline services. that is not a system that we can prolong

foran is not a system that we can prolong for an extended period. when you say you cannot prolong it for an extended period, what do you see as the damage to airlines and to airports? well, all of the time at the moment, we have only got i% of travellers, so all of our revenue is based on those people travelling. you have only got i% of your revenue coming in, and yet most airports have fixed costs of 50, 60, 70% if you want to keep the airport running. and that isjust commercially unviable. you cannot do that for a long time. this is —— businesses are working hard to c0 nse rve businesses are working hard to conserve cash and rebuild structure to make sure they are in the best position they can be, but it is not something they can continue for a long time. back to our top story and the allegations that dominic cummings may have entered or broken the lockdown rules, his denial, the downing street statement on that. alistair campbell was tony blair's spokesman during his time in govenrment.

let's talk to him from north london. alistair campbell, we have got a tweet in from dominic raab, the foreign secretary on this and he says it is reasonable and fair to ask for an explanation. the explanation has been provided and it is to parents with coronavirus anxiously ta ken care is to parents with coronavirus anxiously taken care of their child and those seeking to politicise it taking long hard look in the mirror. those who should do that the people will do and say anything that boris johnson and dominic cummings talented do. that is frankly pathetic. is that the same thing that could be said now for anybody who has been fined by the police, who has been fined by the police, who has been turned back by the police from travelling around the country? and those people now go to the police and say, can i have my money back now please? the utter hypocrisy at the heart of this, that the people who make the laws decide that they are not going to abide by

them. once that happens in a society, we are in a very bad place. i don't mind if dominic cummings, dominic has hisjob to do i don't mind if dominic cummings, dominic has his job to do and i don't mind if dominic cummings, dominic has hisjob to do and he is going to try and defend this, but this is down to whether boris johnson is willing to have at the heart of his operation a culture which is now governed by other hypocrisy and the fact that they will say whatever it takes at the time to get them out of a hole and knowing they will have the support of the right to do that. i think the public getting sick of the absolute hypocrisy. and it wouldn't be bad if they were at least competent at getting us through the crisis, but the incompetence and the hypocrisy, the incompetence and the hypocrisy, the public are sick to death of it. again, another tweet is from michael gove, a senior member of the cabinet again talking about the childcare needs in these circumstances not a crime to... do you accept that there isa crime to... do you accept that there is a great area when you are dealing with a young child and you have got

two adults who are potentially and in their case ultimately really quite ill? i don't know anything about their family circumstances, i don't, frankly, think i should. there is no reason i should know about that. but they are in the top 196 about that. but they are in the top i% of owners in the country, he is a pretty well—connected chap, so is his wife, i think they have got over family in london. the idea that the only way they could resolve this is to go across the country when, if his wife is to be believed, she was writing a piece in the spectator or pa rt writing a piece in the spectator or part of the same little right—wing cleat, she was writing a piece talking about london lockdown, therefore deceiving people. i don't know that included boris johnson, therefore deceiving people. i don't know that included borisjohnson, to make them think they were in london rather than durham. at the bigger point, i don't care about their circumstances, they were pressing for catherine calderwood, the scottish chief medical officer, and

for niall ferguson to jump, scottish chief medical officer, and for niall ferguson tojump, to go, to war, when they did something far less damaging, because they weren't infected. —— to walk. matt hancock said the police should be called in. now we have dominic raab, the foreign secretary, the facto deputy prime minister, saying that we should have sympathy for dominic cummings and his wife, it all makes me sick. i really think yourjob as the media is not to do this on the one hand, as the other, he may have broken the rules, he has broken the law, but is a fact! and then we should have a political argument about what that means. is not my job whether to determine whether he has determined the law, —— broken the law, on the question as to stepping outside the comment you just made and gives an insight into what it would be like to be in downing street advising the prime minister on what to do about this and be

complex situation and how the prime minister handles a situation relating to his own advisor and what would you be telling the prime minister in terms of dealing with this now? it depends who the prime minister is. i know that people scream abuse at tony blair on social media everyday and i was lucky enough to work with a prime minister who i could trust and who i would trust both to make important decisions and also to have an eye for the truth. the problem with borisjohnson is that he has no care for the truth. he is liar, dominic cummings isa for the truth. he is liar, dominic cummings is a liar, they have shown that throughout their careers and this is exposing them as great as well. if i was advising boris johnson, i would say, do you actually want to be a prime minister who reads this country in a clear a strong, principled, dedicated direction or do you want to be known as somebody who didn't have the guts to actually stand up to your adviser simply because he helped you become

prime minister? so i guess i would say, grow a pair and actually start being prime minister. we don't even see the guy. you say, what advice would i give in? the best thing i would i give in? the best thing i would say is that, is any chance the country could see you over than occasionally when you get dragged into the house of commons? alistair campbell, thank you for your opinion. the chinese health authority has recorded no new coronavirus infections in mainland china for the first time since the outbreak began in december. the country's national health commission also registered no deaths related to covid—i9 during the previous 2a hours. however, in a statement it said there were two suspected new cases, one local and one imported from abroad. since the outbreak began in wuhan, more than 5 million people worldwide have been infected. a third of a million have died. let's speak now to professor rana mitter, who is the director of the oxford university china centre.

great to talk to you. it is obviously china's parliamentary session as well and this is a good headline for that moment that there are no new cases over the last 2a hours confirmed. it is a good headline, and in terms of the agenda of the chinese communist party once you put forward, it is a good starting point. let's not forget that the good news of the virus hides something that in the long—term is much more of a challenge for them. the chinese economy, like many economies, has taken a real cratering over the last few weeks and months and there is a desperate attempt to find a economic strategy that on the one hand brings china back to relative prosperity but also doesn't mask the increased amounts of debt. short—term success, long—term challenges. amounts of debt. short—term success, long-term challenges. at the same time, we have a stunning piece of non—legislation that took everybody by surprise this week in terms of national security legislation for

hong kong. we have regarded, ever since hong kong's return to china, that its basic law and its own constitution and that hong kong would pass its own legislation if that was going to happen. beijing has decided to do it. what is going on? beijing is feeling confident at home at the moment. it has managed to ove rco m e home at the moment. it has managed to overcome the bias and has seen the rest of the world has no other new story going on so if there was a moment to put in this proposal for extremely hard line national security laws that would put in new legislation against secession and terrorism, probably this is probably an opportune moment to do it. there was also a reason to do with substance in the sense that the chinese party last year was extremely put out and worried about the number of demonstrations in the streets and i think that they are trying to put in legislation that will prevent that happening when covid—i9 restrictions mean that people can illegally gather once more in the streets of hong kong.

professor, we have to leave it there, but thank you. millions of muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the religious festival of eid al—fitr — the festival of breaking the fast. it's traditionally marked with communal prayers in mosques and visits to family and friends. but this year muslims are being encouraged to stay at home and celebrate with their families online. we can speak now to zara mohammed, assistant secretary general at the muslim council of britain who joins us from glasgow. sara, please give us a description of what eid al—fitr would normally look like during the celebrations. marking the end of the holy month of ramadan, eid al—fitr is usually a huge celebration with friends and family, many up and down the country would have been having big parties in the park and visiting their loved ones. it is a big occasion which everybody comes together and celebrate breaking the fast. everybody comes together and celebrate breaking the fastm can't be done this year during the

pandemic with social distancing rules, so have you found good workarounds? this has been an unprecedented time for the muslim community, especially as ramadan and eid al—fitr are rooted in spiritual and social occasions, but what we have seen is the muslim community really rise to the occasion and staying at home during the month of ramadan and even in eid al—fitr, families will be staying home celebrating and carrying out their usual eid al—fitr rituals and also having virtual parties, sharing gifts online and through deliveries. it has been wonderful to see the spirit of the community through this challenging time and most have done an incredible effort in making sure that services and sermons are delivered online and making sure that care packages and food is delivered to the mass remark most destitute and vulnerable. it is about remembering about saving lives and making sure those on the front line are protected. zara, we wish

you and everyone a wonderful eid al—fitr festival, thank you so much for joining al—fitr festival, thank you so much forjoining us this morning. thank you so much. you are watching bbc news. nick miller with the weather. rough seas in the western side of the uk and big waves coming to the coast side and wet weather across the eastern part of scotland, especially in the hills and into the highlands. a blustery day across the uk, the heaviest of the rain in scotland. elsewhere in china and showers. low pressure will gradually pull away from us as we head into the rest of the weekend. —— elsewhere cloudy and showers. let's have a look at the rest of the day. revie heavy rain across western

scotla nd revie heavy rain across western scotland and some patchy rain in eastern scotland but they will be drier moments for some here and brightening a bit in northern ireland, but more rain this evening. for england and wales, heavy showers moving from west to east on this strong wind and england and wales with gusts over a0 mph in places. 50 to 60 mph gusts in scotland, northern ireland, and northern england. temperatures down over yesterday, close to 20 in the forms pa rt yesterday, close to 20 in the forms part of eastern and south—east england. tonight, a spell of rain pushing in across north—west england and into scotland and north—east scotla nd and into scotland and north—east scotland sees clear spells. rather cloudy into wales and you can still see a few showers, temperatures not going down too far. tomorrow we start with a lot of cloud around and there is a patchy rain in northern ireland, england, and scotland dying

away throughout the day. there will be some sunny spells coming through towards the east and south and temperatures a little bit higher tomorrow. if you spot getting back into the low 20s. just another check of the big picture going into the bank holiday, high—pressure builds in and some weather fronts close to northern ireland and scotland. england and wales will see the lines share of the sunshine. northern ireland and scotland, cloud increasing and you may see a bit of rain. it will be breezy and not as near “— rain. it will be breezy and not as near —— not nearly as windy. —— it will be breezy but not nearly as windy.

hello and welcome to dateline london. i'm carrie gracie. this week: for many countries, the emergency phase of the covid pandemic is coming to a close. is this a moment for governments which failed the test of that first phase to redeem themselves? who has a smart plan for the long hard recovery that begins now? my guests — on socially distanced screens — stephanie baker of bloomberg news and iain martin of the times. welcome to both of you. and here in the studio, observing the two—metre rule, jo coburn, presenter of the bbc‘s politics live programme. let's start with the uk. iam going i am going to throw the first question to give. we have lots going on. lots of rise over all kinds of

things. we